Combined abdomen-compress and hose-supporter.



T. P. TAYLOR.

COMBINED ABDOMEN GOMPRESS AND HOSE SUPPORTER;

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27,1908.

903,626. Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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COMBINED ABDOMBN GOMPRESS AND HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2'], 1908.

Patented Nov. 10,1908.

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'" j THOMAS P. TAYLOR, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED ABDOMEN-COMPRESS AND HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Application filed May 27, 1908. Serial No. 435,306.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Abdomen Compress and Hose Supporter; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to combined abdomen compress and hose supporters,and has for its object to provide a device of this description in whichall the parts shall be of some soft flexible material except thevertically disposed elongated resilient strip by means of which thedevice is suspended from the stud of a corset clasp, and with this endin view my invention consists in the arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described and then particularly pointed out in the claim whichconcludes this description.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation showing myimprovement complete, Fig. 2 a similar view except that one face of thecloth covering or pad 1s removed and Fig. 3 is a vertical centralsection of my improvement as it appears when in use on a corset, thelatter being illusprated upon a human body as shown in out- Similarnumbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of thedrawing.

In my application, Serial No. 435,303, filed on even date herewith, Ihave claimed a structure suspended by an elongated means of supportimmediately in front of the lower central portion of the hypogastricregion of the abdomen, and I do not wish to be understood herein aslaying any broad claim to such construction, the end aimed at by mypresent invention being to secure Letters Patent for a specific form ofconstruction.

1 is an elongated resilient stifi sheet metal strip having at the top anopening a for attachment to a stud of a corset, and 2, 3, are straps ortapes secured to the lower end of said strip by an eyelet b, the strap 2being a waistband while the strap 3 carries a buckle 1 so that when thestrip is suspended on a corset stud the band may be passed around thewaist of the wearer and secured at a tension to said buckle.

5 is a cloth covering or ad which envelops the inner portions of saidstraps 2, 3, and has depending therefrom the usual hose supporterwebbings 6. This covering is extended upwardly as shown at 7 so as toenvelop the greater portion of the strip 1 in order to prevent thelatter from discoloring the corset or mutilating the trimmings thereof,and at the upper portion this part of the covering 7 is secured to thestrip by means of eyelets 8.

When the device is in position on the person of the wearer, the pad 5will be suspended immediately in front of the lower central portion ofthe hypogastric region of the abdomen, and the tension of the waistbandwill thrust the strip 1 upwardly thereby bowing the same outwardly andcausing its lower end to press firmly against the' lower portion of thecorset, the effect of this being to press the abdomen upwardly so thatit will receive the full benefits of the pressure from that portion ofthe corset below the waist line which closely hugs the person of thewearer.

The strain from the stockings to which the hose supporter webbings aresecured in the ordinary manner will keep the pad down in position andwill cause it to lie firmly against the lower portion of the corset soas to assist in sustaining the abdomen.

Instead of making the strip 1 from sheet metal it may be made fromcelluloid, bone, horn, or, in fact, any substance that has the necessarystiffness and resiliency, and I therefore do not wish to be limited inthis respect.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A device of the character described,comprising a stifi resilient elongated strip adapted at its upper end tobe secured to a stud of a corset fastening, flexible waiststraps securedto the lower extremity of said strip whereby the device may be securedaround the person of the wearer at a proper tension, a fabric coveringof suitable shape which envelops the inner portions of said straps tionof the hypogastric region of the abdoand the main portion of said stripand is semen. 10 cured to the latter near its upper end, and Intestimony whereof I afliX my signature hose supporter Webbings dependingfrom in presence of tWo Witnesses.

said fabric covering, the length of said THOMAS P. TAYLOR. strip beingsuch that when it is inposition Witnesses: on a corset said pad will besuspended im- F. WV. SMITH, J r.,

inediately in front of the lower central porg M. T. LONGDEN.

